All Classes & Events

Everyone Welcome | All Skill Levels | Bring Your Tools

In addition to formal classes, at least once a month the pruning club meets for a volunteer opportunity. At these events you will get the chance to work on material in the landscape and receive pointers and tips on pruning techniques from experienced pruners. Please be sure to contact the appropriate contact person for the event you plan to attend.


NOTE: All events are subject to change. Call the listed contact person prior to the event to sign up and find out the details and potential attendance limitations at that particular event. 


Pruning Japanese Gardens
Oct
3
Class

Pruning Japanese Gardens

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning Japanese Gardens - LH817

Instructor: Bill Castellon

Basics of pruning plants found in Japanese gardens: pruning specific types of plants, creating moods and feeling through pruning, problem solving.

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Pruning
Oct
4
Class

Pruning

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning - LH26

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Basic pruning techniques: emphasis on pruning landscape plants, appreciation of good pruning of trees, shrubs, conifers, roses, berries, grapes. Intensive 2-day class, required for most certificates.

*NOTE: You must be enrolled as a current and active student in the Peralta Colleges system to take this class.

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Pruning Pines
Oct
10
Class

Pruning Pines

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning Pines - LH811A

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Basic techniques of pruning ornamental pine trees, including styling, design and proper care.

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Pruning
Oct
11
Class

Pruning

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning - LH26

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Basic pruning techniques: emphasis on pruning landscape plants, appreciation of good pruning of trees, shrubs, conifers, roses, berries, grapes. Intensive 2-day class, required for most certificates.

*NOTE: You must be enrolled as a current and active student in the Peralta Colleges system to take this class.

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Pruning Conifers
Oct
17
Class

Pruning Conifers

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning Conifers - LH818

Instructor: Grant Foerster

Pruning of ornamental conifers: seasonal pruning, and restoring and styling of conifers.

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Pruning for the Big Picture
Sep
13
Class

Pruning for the Big Picture

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning for the Big Picture - LH815

Instructor: Lara Miranda

In-depth study of pruning for the big picture: general and detail pruning, depth of field, height and width, direction, relative importance of trees.

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Spring Potluck
Jun
7
Events

Spring Potluck

Join us for our spring potluck and planning meeting. We will put together our pruning event calendar for the next six months and discuss important club matters. Bring a dish or beverage to share.

Location: Merritt College Landscape Horticulture department.

Contact: Matthew Taylor, pruningclub@gmail.com

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Pruning Maples
May
9
Class

Pruning Maples

Pruning Maples - LH810

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Study of the techniques needed to prune maple trees: seasonal pruning, proper care, trouble analysis, winter silhouette and form enhancement.

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Pruning
Apr
26
Class

Pruning

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning - LH26

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Basic pruning techniques: emphasis on pruning landscape plants, appreciation of good pruning of trees, shrubs, conifers, roses, berries, grapes. Intensive 2-day class, required for most certificates.

*NOTE: You must be enrolled as a current and active student in the Peralta Colleges system to take this class.

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Pruning
Apr
19
Class

Pruning

  • Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Department (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Pruning - LH26

Instructor: Lara Miranda

Basic pruning techniques: emphasis on pruning landscape plants, appreciation of good pruning of trees, shrubs, conifers, roses, berries, grapes. Intensive 2-day class, required for most certificates.

*NOTE: You must be enrolled as a current and active student in the Peralta Colleges system to take this class.

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Peralta TV

An overview of aesthetic pruning with some of our mentors at a Pruning Club event at the Japanese Garden at Lake Merritt. Filmed in 2009.

 

All Classes & Events

Here is a complete calendar of all upcoming aesthetic pruning classes and volunteer community events.